South Africa to become new hotspot for wind power installation, says GlobalData

South Africa has great potential for wind capacity development over the next four years, reports GlobalData.

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The Price Of Solar Plummets In The USA

The cost of installing solar energy in America has fallen to an all-time low according to new market data released by the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In the latest editions of two recurring reports, Tracking the Sun IX and Utility Scale Solar 2015, Berkeley Labs found the average year-on-year price of residential and […]

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Gaelectric completes €38 million financing package on two wind farms in county Kilkenny

Gaelectric has announced that it has concluded agreements on a €38 million financing package for the construction of two wind farms in county Kilkenny.

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Solar Cell is More Efficient, Costs Less Than its Counterparts

The cost of solar power is beginning to reach price parity with cheaper fossil fuel-based electricity in many parts of the world, yet the clean energy source still accounts for just slightly more than 1 percent of the world’s electricity mix. Solar, or photovoltaic (PV), cells, which convert sunlight into electrical energy, have a large […]

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Global wind O&M market set for strong growth by 2020, says GlobalData

The global wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M) is estimated to increase from $10 billion in 2015 to $17 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate of 11.2%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.

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Ceres Power, Cummins win US DOE award for solid oxide fuel cell power in data centres

UK-based Ceres Power has a key development role in a recently selected US Department of Energy programme award to Cummins Inc, to develop a novel, modular 5 kW solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that is scalable up to 100 kW, initially targeted at data centres.

from Renewable Energy Focus - Latest News http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/44730/ceres-power-cummins-win-us-doe-award-for-solid-oxide-fuel-cell-power-in-data-centres/

Cuba seeks to expand role of renewable energy

The government of Cuba and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are holding a workshop on approaches to operating and planning electricity systems with higher shares of variable renewable energy in the island nation of Cuba.

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